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1970 Lotus Europa S2 for sale

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For sale by auction on Saturday 30 August 2014 with Historics at Brooklands. Brooklands Motor Racing Circuit. Weybridge. Surrey. Call 01753 639170The Lotus Europa is a two door mid-engined GT coupé manufacturedfrom 1966 to 1975. In 2006 Lotus began production of a totally new. br/>Lotus Elise-derived design. a mid-engined GT coupé named Europa S. The original Europa used Lotus's founder Colin Chapman's minimaliststeel backbone chassis that was first used in the Lotus Elan whilstalso relying on fibreglass moulded body for structural strength. The Europa was based on a prototype built to compete for Henry FordII's contract to build a Le Mans racer in the early 1960's. Thefour-wheel independent suspension was typical of Chapman's thinkingas the rear suspension was a modified Chapman strut and was usedfor his early Formula racing car designs. The forward radius armswere increased in size and rigidity to act as a semi-wishbone. Thecar's handling prompted automotive writers to describe the Europaas the nearest thing to a Formula car for the road.

This 1970 Lotus Europa S2 has only had two owners from new with thevendor purchasing it in 1978. In the 1980's . he car was thesubject to a complete restoration including repainting the car inthe original Lotus F1 'Gold Leaf' cigarette colours of red overwhite with gold pin-stripping. This Lotus Europa is in excellentrunning condition and has been fully maintained throughout itslife. YYP 488H is supplied with a V5C registration document. an MoTtest certificate which expires in April 2015 and a verycomprehensive history file which includes photographs of therestoration. Lotus cars are extremely undervalued considering theracing pedigree that they come from but we are sure that this willbe addressed in the years to come.